Mario Balotelli’s friend claims he played disgusting prank on team-mates

Just when you think Mario Balotelli could not be any odder, then this happens.

The Italian striker is currently on loan at AC Milan from Liverpool but is out injured at the moment. Thankfully for his team-mates, or their shoes, he's not in the dressing room too much at the moment after an horrific story emerged from one of his friends at the weekend. According to ex-Inter Milan midfielder Kerlon who spoke to ESPN Brazil, Balotelli used to pee on player's boots as a prank in the dressing room and thought it was hilarious,

'Balotelli is a very nice guy and an extraordinary person, but he did some unbelievable things off the pitch. He had a habit of arriving at training before anyone else and peeing on all the players' boots … it was very funny.

'I've never seen a kid of 18 years do it, and no feel sorry for any of it, even to Julio Cesar and Maicon.'

Balotelli was quite a young man when at Inter Milan with Kerlon between 2008 and 2010, so hopefully he's grown up since.